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In the following overview you will find subject areas, individual topics and possibly externally supervised individual topics. If you are interested, please get in touch with Prof. Martin Meyer.
Has spoken language shaped to fit the human brain or did it happen rather reverse?
This question is at the core of our research in the NCCR Evolving Language. In doing so, we pay special attention to the right hemisphere. The role of the right hemisphere in language is still unclear and underinvestigated. This holds in particular for the right inferior frontal cortex (Broca's homologue). As part of the NCCR Evolving Language we will be investigating functional and structural neuroanatomy of the right perisylvian cortex in humans. The following questions will be addressed: Is there a functional/structural asymmetry of the frontal operculum? How is the corticosubcortical architecture and connectivity in the right frontal operculum? Is the anterior insula part of this network? Does a right hemisphere equivalent to the fasciculus arcuatus exist?
Follow us on this expedition into unknown territories of the human brain.
Status: not yet assigned (registered / modified: 30.06.2022)
Tinnitus the chronic subjective experience of permanent hasslesome noise in one or two ears is an extremely heterogenous phenomenon. The subjective distress varies as a function of multiple factors. Recent research of our group has begun to identify neural markers that correlate with psychometric data and self-reported burden. We aim to delving deeper into this topic by applying innovative statistical approaches on large samples of behavioral and neural data. Furthermore we have been applied several neurofeedback protocols to test this approach as an invention that helps alleviate the tinnitus symptoms. However, there are still many questions open that we would like to answer by means of yet collected data. Join our team and help us better understand this annoying maladaption of the human brain.
Literature:
Status: not yet assigned (registered / modified: 30.06.2022)
Many people with tinnitus complain of problems understanding spoken language, especially in situations with high ambient noise. emailThis deficit is associated with rapid fatigue and concentration problems in conversation with several people. This deficit is associated with rapid fatigue and concentration problems in conversation with several people.
Interestingly, affected individuals often do not show deficits in speech perception experiments, especially at the phonological level. Thus, the reason for the specific problem in impaired speech understanding in tinnitus sufferers is still unknown. What role do age, cognitive functions, hearing loss and degree of subjective distress play in this context. Become part of our interdisciplinary team, which is investigating these questions with innovative technologies.
Literature:
Speech perception in tinnitus is related to individual distress level - A neurophysiological study
Status: not yet assigned (registered / modified: 30.06.2022)
You should avoid giving away all your good ideas on the Internet. The idea for this project is extraordinarily compelling and touches on both fundamental questions about the evolution of language and the brain as well as current aspects of digital communication in everyday life. Interested persons for this project need a big backpack of motivation and passion for science. But who would not want to hear the brain talking to itself?
Status: not yet assigned (registered / modified: 30.06.2022)
